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SPECIFICATION.

' ".FO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

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Be it known that I, IOHN FYE, of Hamilton, in Butler county, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness Saddles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and` exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of `reference` marked thereon. i p Figure of the drawings represents the saddle-tree, with the turrets and water-hook detached.

Figure 2 represents the water-hook detached.

Figure 3 represents one' of the. turrets detached, with one-half of its convex bisected base attachedthereto.

My invention relates to the means of attaching the turrets, and water-hopk, and crupper-loopto'the sadd1etree, and to the manner of constructing the several parts and combining them, as will be herein fully described.

My saddle-.tree may be made .of any sui furnishings, viz., turrets, hook, and loop may also be made of cast malleable iron orother metal.

table material, or cast of any of the di'erent `kinds of metal. ,.lhe

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes the saddle-tree; B the .crupper-loop; the square. opening through whichthe water-hook is inserted; D D designate the two half-basesby which the turrets are supported in position; S S denote the saddle of the water-hook, which isprovided withthree screw-holes to hold it firmly by means of screws to the saddle-tree. The t u'rret-bas'es are constructed with dovetail-shaped rebates, which p,

furnish sockets for the correspondingly formed feet of the turrets, the saidfeet-being designated by the letters m m.- The crupper-loop is formed with a screw, so as to be inserted or replaced, when broken off, without ripping open the saddle-pad, as has been necessary when this 'loop is riveted to the tree. The inside, or under 1 i side of my improved saddle-'tree is made plain, that is, without projections for the purpose of securing the` turrets and water-hook, as heretofore. The turrets may also be secured in place without interfering with the leather or other parts of the saddle, the turret, is to bc cast with the tree, as represented in iig. 1, and the turrets may be cast in connection with or its workmanship. One-half of each of the bases, with its rehatefor the other half of" thecdnvex rebated base; or these may be cast separately, and in either case thelralf of p the rebated hase must be provided with a screw-hole for the screw, to secure it to the-saddle-tree. On theunder i side of the centre of the front of the saddle-tree, there are two projections for the purpose of` sustaining` `the i position of the water-hook, which is ,to be inserted from the top or upper side of the saddle tree,'so as to bring its saddle, S S, down upon the tree.

The two projections under the front will not .be made to extend or project i below that portion' of the water-hook which lies between them, when in its place. The-saddle :may be"` constructed upon my improved sa after it is completed by the workman,A these parts may be secured in their place with great facility, and in a rm and secure manner.

ddle-tree without inserting either the water-hook, turrets, orcrupper-loop, and j lTo 'insert and secure the waterhook in place, after the 'saddle is finished, the pointof the hook will be inserted and the hook drawn through until it brings the saddle, S S, to itsseat upon the tree, f

when three screws are inserted which retain't in place. tail form, are placed in their corresponding sockets in convex bisected bases are brought into position an To secure the turrets ,in place, thefeet, m m, of dovet the base-pieces D D, when the other half of each of the l] p d fastened with screws, as represented. The crupperrloop V is attached, as heretofore described, by meansl of a. screw-thread thereon. i My improveddetachable turrets, with their bases, and the water-hook, may besecured to saddle-trees of any form or construction.

*I Having now fully described my improved harness saddle-tree, what I claim therein, and desire to secure 1. The combination' of the detachable bisected b and saddle-tree, when constructed and secured together in the manner and for the purpose specified.

, 2. Iclaim the detachable water-hook, with its saddlefS S, in combination with the saddle-treawhen constructed and applied in the manner described.

3. I claim the turrets, with their bases, an loop, and saddle-tree, when the several parts are construe purposes set forth. p r JOHN, EYE Witnesses: 'i i i ARTHUR L. Pneu, H. P. K. Pscx.

ases,.with dovetailed rebates therein, with the t'urret-feetvm m,z

d the water-hook, with its saddle, in combination with the crupperted andsecured together in' .thenmanner and for the.. 

